yourHRC.org: innovative online platform designed to strengthen the visibility, relevance and impact of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

The Peoples’ Council, your Council, yourHRC.org

Country-specific information on cooperation with the HRC and its mechanisms, participation in debates, voting patterns, political leadership

Promoting transparency around the degree to which the HRC and its members are delivering on the mandate passed to them by the GA and, ultimately, entrusted to them by ‘the Peoples of the United Nations’

HRC members are expected to uphold the highest human rights standards and fully cooperate with the HRC and its mechanisms

“HRC elections should be genuinely competitive, with candidates judged on merit. yourHRC.org and its HRC Election Guide are excellent tools to help advance that objective.”

Dr. Nazila Ghanea, Associate Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub

“Promoting transparency around cooperation and decision-making, via tools like yourHRC.org and HRW’s votescount, is an important means to promote accountability, and enhance the Council’s credibility.”

John Fisher, Geneva Director, Human Rights Watch (HRW)

yourHRC.org

End-of-year Report

Providing information on levels of member state engagement and cooperation over the course of the year.